It even cost his team. His Dragons held a 15-point lead in the fourth quarter on one game that eventually went to double overtime because his team couldn't slow the ball down with a shot clock.

"A 15-point lead in Alabama and a 15-point lead in California are two different things entirely when you have a shot clock," Lane said.

Lane looks past the setback his teams had by not winning that event because he sees a greater good for preparing high school basketball players in Alabama. That tournament in California used a 35-second shot clock.

"We're trying to prepare these kids for the next level as much as we can and holding the ball like some of these teams do for a whole quarter or a whole quarter with a small lead is crazy," Lane said. "Its crazy. Its not basketball and its is also not entertaining for one. It also kills the excitement of the fan bases, too."

He also stressed two other points about the clock.

"You are never out of a game with a shot clock," Lane said. "You have to keep scoring and get stops or a little of both. What it does that people don't realize is a team that is not that good could be at an advantage doesn't have to play man-to-man defense. If you're an undersized team or a team that can't play man you can back it up against a non-shooting team and you have to shoot the ball."

He said that there were "like 17 states" across American with a high school association that allows teams to play with a shot clock. Lane has brought up the possibility at state basketball rules committee meetings in years past, but doesn't really get anywhere lobbying for it.

"The answer they gave me is they don't ever see the possibility of having shot clocks in Alabama ever happening because of the costs," he said. "Every school would have to buy shot clocks. I've heard that there some schools in rural Alabama that haven't purchased a game clock in 20 or 30 years."

A quick online search of costs estimates would put the cost of a competition shot clock at anywhere between $500-to-$2,000 depending on the features, manufacturer and certain add-on features.

"There is also the cost for another official to run and monitor the shot clock," Lane said. "I just know that Alabama won't be in any kind of hurry to get a shot clock anytime soon but it is certainly something that the basketball in the state would need. ... They just want to keep everything the same. We can be a status quo state sometimes."

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